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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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